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• All aboard for Railway 200: A year of events to celebrate 200 years of rail travel

  27-09-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The entire rail industry is gearing up to mark the 200th anniversary of the day that passengers first rode behind George Stephenson’s steam locomotive — with a whole year of events being planned.
  The Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825 by J.R. Brown, drawn in 1888.
  The key day was 27th September 1825, when 400 people caught that very first train, and as it chugged its way along the Stockton and Darlington Railway, it was being watched by 40,000 bystanders who had
  
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• The transformative effect AI is having on the telecoms sector

  27-09-2023 17:01
  We consulted industry experts to learn how AI and automation are being used in networks right now, and to explore where they might take the industry as we approach 6G.
  Ever since Chat GPT smashed onto the scene the whole world has been a flutter, speculating on the potential impact a new generation of impressively intelligent AI systems might have on the world – both in a good way and in a less good ‘metal skeletons nuking the planet’ way.
  The strand of AI that Chat GPT and its
  
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• The transformative effect AI and automation is having on the telecoms sector

  27-09-2023 17:01
  Telecoms.com gathered together a panel of industry experts to explore how AI and automation is being used in networks right now, and explore where the technologies might take the industry as we approach 6G.
  Ever since Chat GPT smashed onto the scene the whole world has been a flutter speculating on the potential impact a new generation of impressively intelligent AI systems might have on the world – both in a good way and in a less good metal skeletons nuking the planet way.
  The strand of
  
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• Telcos push on with network slicing (hype)

  27-09-2023 17:01
  Network slicing was the focus of attention for a couple of big telcos this week, with KDDI and Samsung announcing a new alliance on the subject and T-Mobile US extending its 5G network slicing beta programme.
  The pace with which we are seeing 5G network slicing announcements indicates that the technology is moving ever-closer to becoming a commercial reality, but it’s also worth noting that, as these latest offerings show, progress is steady at best. There’s no network slicing big ba
  
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• BT/Drahi: financially feasible does not mean politically advisable

  27-09-2023 16:53
  The French telecoms tycoon’s motives remain as opaque as ever
  
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• Charge Up and Ride On: TfL is adding USB chargers to Elizabeth line trains

  27-09-2023 15:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Passengers on the Elizabeth line will be able to recharge their phones soon as USB chargers are now being fitted to the trains. They’re being added to the spaces between the facing seats, and it’s an ongoing process, so they’re not on all trains or had their labels applied yet, but you might be able to spy them on some trains already.They are being added now instead of when the trains were built, as the requirement for USB charging sockets wasn’t included originally. Toda
  
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• Altice looks to borrow for first time since co-founder’s arrest

  27-09-2023 15:29
  Empire built by Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi is seeking €500mn from investors
  
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• TalkTalk CEO steps back as three-way separation confirmed

  27-09-2023 13:35
  Tristia Harrison’s almost seven-year tenure as chief executive of TalkTalk Group is coming to an end as the company splits into three standalone businesses.
  Wednesday’s announcement from the UK telco quietens – almost – all the recent rumours surrounding its future. There have been rumblings about a split for some time, with talk of such a move intensifying in the UK press in recent days.
  TalkTalk confirmed that it is going ahead with a legal separation, so, as of next Ma
  
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• FCC wants to bring net neutrality back from the dead

  27-09-2023 13:12
  The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to engage in some legislative necromancy that could spark a new battle over how to regulate the Internet.
  Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel – now with a full complement of FCC commissioners at her side – has proposed re-establishing 2015’s Federal net neutrality rules. This would mean reclassifying broadband providers as essential utilities subject to regulation under Title II of the Communications Act. Deja vu all over a
  
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• The Wimbledon tennis championship’s ticket ballot has opened

  27-09-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The public ballot for tickets to attend Wimbledon 2024 has opened, so you can apply for tickets to attend next year’s tennis championships.To apply, you need to have an account on the myWIMBLEDON website to enter the ballot, but that’s free to register for — and you can do so here. The ballot entry itself is here, and successful ballot applicants will be notified via email that they won from November 2023.
  The ballot closes on Tuesday 10th October 2023, but as it’s a ball
  
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• EE wins on most metrics in UK mobile experience study

  27-09-2023 12:44
  Opensignal’s latest UK Mobile Network Experience Report sees EE claim seven awards outright and three joint wins, while Three clocked the fastest 5G speeds.
  The report is based on data collected between 1 June and 29 August 2023, and purports to examine the mobile network experience of the four main mobile network operators in the UK – Three, EE, O2 and Vodafone.
  It lists Three as top dog for 5G download speeds with a score of 205.5Mbps, giving it the honour of being the only UK oper
  
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• Nvidia and Docomo claim the world’s first GPU-accelerated 5G network

  27-09-2023 10:00
  US semiconductor giant Nvidia is keen to persuade telcos to use its chips in their networks but it still has a way to go.
  The announcement of the first GPU (graphics processing unit) -accelerated 5G network, run by NTT Docomo in Japan, has been positioned by Nvidia as a proof-point of this, but the supporting media and analyst call was thin on specifics. Everyone knows Nvidia’s GPU chips are really powerful, which is why they’re taking centre stage in the current AI boom and why anyo
  
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• HS2’s Transformation: Building more than just a High-Speed railway near Aylesbury

  27-09-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Just outside Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, one of HS2’s large construction sites is almost as busy building roads as it is building a railway.Even though the High-Speed railway passes through the countryside, there’s still a lot of existing infrastructure in the way to be moved, and as part of the agreement to build HS2, it was decided that simply moving things wasn’t enough. A major upgrade is being delivered at the same time.
  When the HS2 builders have moved on to their next
  
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